March 29, 2024 Flash Fic

As we close out March…here’s a little Easter fun for you (with a side of Sarona)

It wasn’t easy playing Easter Bunny in a house full of Vulcans. Well partial Vulcans. But it hadn’t been easy at Christmas playing Santa, so he was reasonably up for the task, Jim thought.

It was freakishly early. Once upon a time, Jim didn’t sleep particularly well, but that wasn’t the case anymore. He was married with a family now, settled in a way he’d never thought he’d get to experience.

So, four in the morning was far too early for his modern life. But he didn’t want to take any chances those Vulcans he lived with would come bounding down before he was prepared for them.

Not that any were ever particularly energetic coming down the stairs that it could be called “bounding”.

So he left a basket each for the two children, Amanda and George, after much argument among them all they’d been given Terran names, that were filled with non-chocolate Easter candy, gummies and jellybeans, and stuffies, and games.

Then he left a basket for Spock, this one with actual chocolate, for Jim never claimed to be a saint, one for his mother also with chocolate and some little cakes she particularly enjoyed, and a fairly small one for Sarek, no chocolate for his either, because if his mom wanted to share some of hers with him, well that was none of Jim’s business, but he wasn’t going to encourage anything.

Then he hurried back upstairs to bed.

As he got in, Spock murmured, “Where have you been?”

“Had to pee.”

At a decent time, when everyone was up and about, his family found their Easter Baskets.

They were met with rolled eyes and mutterings about a fake bunny from the kids, but also barely hidden grins as they surveyed their loot.

Spock gave Jim an indulgent kiss and a raised eyebrow after viewing the contents of his basket.

And Jim tried not to look as his mom fed a bite of one of her cakes to Sarek.

It was a good morning.